The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-10
LOCAL NEWS.

eJune Quarterly" at Cedar Grove, next
. Sunday.
The season at the River Shore will open
next Wednesday with 4 clam-bake.
VIM. II. Reed is having a portico built
to his dwelling on Main street opposite the
public school.
Indications are that there will be very
few Salem county folks on the Editorial
Excursion this year.
+. G. Mount advertises his ice cream
business in the MONITOR this week. lie
desires us to state in addition thereto that
he will not deliver ice cream on Sundays.
At the recent teachers examination held
at Salem before County Superintendent
Holme, there were fifty-one candidates for
third grade, eleven for second grade, and
two for first grade certificates.
w. P. Lippincott & Cos. sale of cattle
on Saturday afternoon last footed up over
a 81, 900. There were twenty-three head of
COWS sold at an average price of S42. 60
each. Three calves also brought good
prices.
The report that the directors OF the
Salem Bank contemplated starting a branch
of that institution at Pennsgrove is declar-
ed to be q "canard," no such idea ever
having been entertained outside of certain
newspaper offices.
An announcement in our advertising col
umns states that the Penn's Neck bridge,
at Salem. will be up after next Monday,
repairs to the draw being necessary. The
draw will be on, however, between the
hours of 6 p. Nj. and 8 a. NJ.
The man that was complaining two
weeks ago of the dry time we were having,
is nov in a state of mind because of the
plenteous rains of the LAST few days. Let
him possess his soul in patience. 1t will
be all the same to him a hundred years
hence.
A lot of horses at pasture in Jehu
l.. Aliens meadow in South Woodstown
got out on Tuesday night about eight
o'clock and came galloping through the
crowded streets in most reckless fashion
to their stables at FoX's livery. For
tunately no one was hurt.
A large number of friends and neighbors
of Josiah M. Brick, from PENIS Neck and
elsewhere. assembled at ]. G. Stretch's
shop in Woodstown ON Tuesday to move the
frame of the largo barn Mr.. Stretch has
been building, to Mr.. Bricks farm near
Pennsgrovc. There were nearly twenty
five two-horse teams in the procession that
started away heavily loaded with timbers
and frame stuff, all ready to go into place
in the new structure.
The proposed addition to the public
school buildings on Grant street, in Salem,
will require q change IN the monuments
which designate the true meridian line re-
CURED by law to be established at each
county seat. These monuments at Salem
are on the public school grounds, and the
proposed addition to the school house will
come directly in the line of sight. h
matter furnished a topic for discussion in
the Freeholders meeting on Wednesday.
The morning train from Philadelphia
was delayed on Monday by the giving out
of a valve on the engine at Tomlin,s, about
three miles above Swedesboro, and dld not
reach Woodstown until nearly noon.
Brakeman Swain, popularity known
as "Mac," was sent on foot to Swedesboro
to telegraph thence to Woodbury. Tor an
other engine. 'tMac" made the trip in
twenty minutes and reported the walking
between Tomlin's and Swedesboro as
good.
From all over the county we hear of the
devastation caused by the rose bugs. At
Watson's Corner, a friend informs us,
the insects are sweeping everything. before
them. Cherries, peaches, Strawberries,
gra pes and other small fruits suffer the
most. The pests have not yet made Their
appearance in Woodstown that we have
heard of, but as we write these lines we
notice one of them that has come from dear
knows where, crawling over our table ana
probably wondering whether we are going
to give him a newspaper putt.